?THELUPT0N! 



The GREATEST CABBAGE ever offered the 

 American Cabbage Grower. = = - 



^. Planted last year by 20,000 of the best gardeners in America, who all unanimously endorse it as the Beau Ideal Cabbage. 



S \JEVER before has the opportunity been given a single seedsman to introduce in one year three such sterling novelties as the Lupton Cabbage, 



- ^^ Mclver's Sugar Melon, and the Irish Daisy Potato ; nor has it been the fortune for a seedsman to introduce in one year three varieties that 

 •8 gave'such unboundfa satisfaction. Every day last fall I was constantly in receipt of heads of Lupton Cabbage, in competition for the 9150.00 



- in cash prizes, that were the admiration of every visitor ; so many large, solid, magniticent heads of cabbage it never having been my fortune or 

 " that of any of'my visitors to see. As to the superiority of this wonderful Cabbage, I cannot do better than quote from last year's catalogue : 



i found a cabbage ^.^^^ „„-.- — ., - »» » ,v, . i 



£ twentv years time, however, I am particularly proud of the fact that I 

 r am able" to introduce to my friends and the American gardenmg public 



itself to be the truest to type, most regular in growth, etc., not only m 



O small test trials, but in field trials embracing every linown variety ol 



.a cabbage. Mr. Lup- 



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probably the largest 

 individual producer 

 of cabbage seed in 

 the world. For years 

 he has devoted him- 

 self entirely to this 

 business, and annu- 

 ally puts in thou- 

 sands of acres on the 

 eastern end of Long 

 Island, which he 

 grows on contract 

 for the largest houses 

 the American 

 His rep- 

 reliabil- 

 ity and trustworthi- 

 ness has never been 

 questioned, and dur- 

 ing our acquaint- 

 ance of nearly fifteen 

 years, during which 

 time he has grown 

 for me thousands 

 and thousands of 

 pounds of cabbage 

 seed, I have never in 

 all this time received 

 a serious complaint 

 from any seed he has 

 ever sent me, and 

 such is the general 

 verdict of other 

 seedsmen for whom 

 H he grows cabbage 

 H seed. With such a 

 H record, I think Mr. 

 2 Lupton should know 

 "S exactly what good 

 S! cabbage is, and he 

 •S thinks this new cab- 

 B bage so good, that 

 8 not only has he giv- 

 u en me the privilege 

 jt of introducing, but 

 e lie has also given 

 2 me the privilege 

 of nanilue It after 

 himself. Now, cer- 

 tainly M r. Lupton 

 could not aflTord to 

 have his name at- 

 tached to any cab- 

 bage that was not 

 exceptionally good, 

 and this one fact 

 should be a sufficient 



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ment of the veins and ribs. Here certainly was a very desirable cab- 

 bage, and the question at once arose, can these good features be perpet- 

 uated in future generations, and thereby become valuable? With the 

 feeling that it was at least worth the eflbrt, we laid this cabbage care- 

 fully to one side, and the following summer we grew the seed from this 

 single plant, taking care that it should be at a sufficient distance from 

 all others so as to make hybridization an impossibility. From this 



seed we made a sec- 

 ond selection, this 

 time taking four 

 perfect specimens, 

 and growing the seed 

 as before; this seed 

 was again planted, 

 and from it was se- 

 cured a field of as 

 fine cabbage as the 

 most critical garden- 

 er would care to loek 

 upon. In this field, 

 which is the third 

 generation from the 

 original plant, we 

 feel that our object 

 has been secured, 

 and that hereafter 

 the stock will re- 

 quire only such care 

 and attention as all 

 stocks require to 

 make them especial- 

 ly desirable to the 

 farming and garden- 

 i n g world. Every 

 practical seedsman 

 knows that the 

 strong growing late 

 or main crop cab- 

 bages have never 

 been bred to that 

 perfection of type 

 which we have at- 

 tained in the second 

 early or intermedi- 

 ate sorts. In other 

 words, the tendency 

 to sport or develop 

 undesirable types is 

 more persistent In 

 the cabbages of the 

 strongest growth. In 

 this new cabbage we 

 feel that we have se- 

 cured the perfection 

 of type and reliabil- 

 ity of heading which 

 are the most desir- 

 able features of all 

 cabbages, and with- 

 out the sacrifice ©f 

 the strong constitu- 

 tion which insures 

 vigorous orrowth and 

 enables the plant to 

 resist unfavorable 

 conditions. In point 

 of maturity it Is 

 about a week in advance of the various strains of Late Flat Dutch. It 

 matures very evenly, is reliable and uniform about heading, is an ex- 



S recommendation for every market gardener to give the Xew Lupton a 

 * trial. In describing this new variety, I can do no better than quote ver- 

 S batim from Mr. Lupton's description, which gives the history and the 

 *« good points of his new cabbage. 



9 WHAT MR. LUPTON HAS TO SAY: 



*• "In the fall of 1888, while rogueing a field of Excelsior Flat Dutch, I TPHOSE of my friends who planted Freeman Potatoes ;n 

 noticed a fully developed cabbage which especially attracted my atten- i ■ of its introduction made many thousand per cent, ret 



cellent keeper, and "for all purposes of the farmer or market gardener, 

 we believe it will be found the best late main crop cabbage," 



the first years 

 per cent, return. Those of 

 ti tion, because of its possession of so many desirable features which our ! my market gardener friends who planted Prizetaker Onion six or seven 

 h experience has taught us are very hard of attainment. In point of ma- years ago have been making money raising these onions five years or 

 a turity this plant was several days in advance of any we were able to ' more before their competitors knew anything about the onion. The 

 _ find in the same field, while it showed no diminution in size. Its growth 1 same argument will hold good as to the Lupton Cabbage. Plant the 

 was particularly strong and vigorous; its color, a dark bluish green, in- Lupton this year, and be three or four years ahead of your friends In 



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dicated robust constitution and healthy development. The leaves were I having the best cabbage ever put out in America. 



Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 30 cents? quarter pound, $1.00; pound, $3.00. 



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the last 15 years, I have distributed in cash 



prizes for premium vegetables and club 



[ orders, more than $20,000. This year. I do not ofler cash 



N prizes; but have decided to give each and every one of my 

 81 customers the advantage of purchasing 3ilaule's Seeds at 

 p4 lower prices than ever known before. In good times, when 



farmers and gardeners are realizing good prices for all they 

 raise, cash prizes are all very well; but in times like these, I 

 have decided to give every customer the opportunity of buy- 

 iug ^laule's Seeds at the lowest prices consistent with superior 

 (juality, hence for this season ouly my friends can select $5.00 

 worth of seeds in packets, and need remit ouly $2.50 for same. 



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